After Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, This star player and captain announces retirement, marks ODI World Cup as last event, name is...
New Zealand women's cricketer Sophie Devine has announced her retirement from ODI cricket. She will bid adieu to this format after the Women's ODI World Cup 2025 to be played in India. But she has also made it clear that she will continue to play in T20Is. Devine retired from ODIs just before the New Zealand board was set to announce the women's team's central contract in a couple of days. In such a situation, one thing is clear that his name will no longer be in the central contract. He will now only have a T20 format contract.
Sophie Devine is counted among the finest all-rounders in the world. He made his ODI debut in 2006 at the age of just 17. Devine (152 appearances) is second only to Suzie Bates on the list of players with the most ODI appearances for New Zealand. Talking about his stats, he is the fourth most run-scorer for his country in ODIs.
Sophie Devine will have a chance to become the third highest run-scorer in the upcoming ODI World Cup. They need 54 runs to reach number three and overtake Debbie Hockley. He has scored 3990 runs so far in ODIs.
Devine is the second-highest female batsman to score a century for New Zealand in ODIs. He has 8 centuries recorded to his name. Suzy Bates is first with 13 centuries.
Talking about bowling, he has taken 107 wickets in 152 ODIs so far. He is second only to Lee Tahuhu in terms of taking the most wickets.
Only two of these bowlers have taken 100 or more wickets in ODIs for New Zealand yet. This figure shows the consistency and utility of his bowling.
It remains to be seen how Sophie Devine performs in this upcoming World Cup and how the team performs under her captaincy.
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